Germany real manufacturing orders without other transport
Germany real manufacturing orders without other transport stood at 84 in Aug 2026, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Manufacturing orders and order backlog table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1991 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Manufacturing orders and order backlog table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | 86 | 96.2 | 93.2 | 89.8 | 89.5 | 92.5 | 88.6 | 87.2 | 98.6 | 93.3 | |
| Industry excluding 30 Manufacture of other transport equipment | 84 | 84.7 | 90.8 | 82.7 | 87.7 | 90.5 | 86.4 | 82.8 | 94.3 | 87.4 | |
| Intermediate and capital goods | 85.5 | 96 | 92.4 | 88.9 | 88.8 | 91.4 | 87.8 | 86.6 | 98.6 | 92.4 |
Understanding germany real manufacturing orders without other transport
Removing the highly erratic manufacture of other transport equipment division—officially classification 30—yields a smoothed baseline for general industrial demand. This adjusted volume index deliberately strips out orders for ships, railway locomotives, and aircraft, which are characterised by immense individual contract values and lengthy, irregular negotiation cycles. By discarding these lumpy, large-scale transport contracts, the resulting metric provides a clearer view of underlying momentum across standard manufacturing operations. It sits alongside the total industry measure as a companion series, allowing analysts to filter out massive singular deals that often distort the aggregate national trend in any given month.
Evaluating period-on-period changes using this stripped-down index offers a highly reliable gauge of core manufacturing shifts compared to the unadjusted total. Without the noise of multi-year aerospace or maritime contracts landing in a single reporting window, the true cyclical position of factories becomes evident. However, analysts should still cross-reference with calendar-adjusted models to strip out standard monthly effects. Methodological rebasing affects the relative weight of the remaining components, occasionally shifting the historical trajectory. Discrepancies between this metric and total factory output are expected, as excluding heavy transport removes the longest-lead items from the order book.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this exclusion remove passenger cars from the index?
- Motor vehicle manufacturing belongs to a separate classification and remains fully included; only items like ships, trains, and aerospace equipment are excluded.
- Why strip out other transport equipment from the total?
- A single aerospace or maritime contract can severely skew the monthly aggregate, masking the true underlying baseline in general manufacturing.
- Are military transport orders removed by this filter?
- Defence aerospace and naval ship contracts fall under division 30 and are consequently stripped out of this specific measure.